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A drone strike by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces on the besieged Sudanese city of El Fasher has killed 75 people worshipping in a mosque, first responders have said, as the group continued its push to capture the last foothold of Sudan’s army in the Darfur region.The attack, one of the deadliest this year in the city, hit the city’s al-Daraja neighbourhood, where civilians from the famine-hit Abu Shouk displacement camp had fled after it was overrun by fighters .“The bodies were retrieved from the rubble of the mosque,” said the Emergency Response Room volunteer group. Social media videos show…

Craig HaubertSep 19, 2025, 07:00 AM ETClose National recruiting analyst and analyst for ESPNU More than a decade of college and pro coaching experience. Graduated from Indiana and Nebraska-OmahaThe 2025 season is still in its early stages, but the coaching carousel is already spinning, and it has impacted the class rankings. A promising UCLA class lost several commits following the dismissal of DeShaun Foster, and it pushed the Bruins out of the rankings.The coaching changes have reopened the recruitments for several players within the SC Next 300 player rankings, notably offensive tackles Johnnie Jones (UCLA) and Thomas Wilder (Virginia Tech).More…

Many of our favorite TVs and monitors feature displays with high refresh rates, promising smoother on-screen action and a sharper picture. The same is true for the best Android phones and all of Apple’s iPhone Pro models (since the 13 Pro and onward). Today, every iPhone 17 model can reach a 120-Hz refresh rate. It has become standard across the board.High refresh rates are frequently discussed in gaming, where fast reactions and instant on-screen updates can mean the difference between victory and defeat. That includes gaming monitors and even gaming phones, which can usually hit 144 Hz, 165 Hz, or…

The Gauteng MEC for Roads and Transport, Kedibone Diale-Tlabela, has expressed her deepest shock and sadness at the brutal killing of the Gauteng Chairperson of the National Taxi Alliance (NTA), Thamsanqa Moyo. Moyo was shot while driving along the Soweto highway on Thursday. In a statement, the MEC strongly condemned the senseless act of violence, which has not only robbed the taxi industry of a dedicated leader but also left a painful mark on his family, colleagues, and the broader transport sector. Keep up with the latest headlines on WhatsApp | LinkedIn “This is a devastating loss to the taxi…

Brett James, the Grammy Award-winning songwriter known for megahit “Jesus, Take the Wheel,” has died in a small-engine plane crash. He was 57. James was one of three people on board a Cirrus SR22T aircraft that crashed near Franklin, North Carolina, on Thursday in an incident that the National Transportation Safety Board said it is investigating. The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame announced James’ death, writing in a Facebook post on Friday, “We mourn the untimely loss of Hall of Fame member Brett James (“Jesus Take The Wheel” / “When The Sun Goes Down”), a 2020 inductee who was killed…

UK thanks Qatar for leading negotiations for the release of the pair after their arrest in February.Published On 19 Sep 202519 Sep 2025Click here to share on social mediashare2ShareAfghanistan’s Taliban government has released a British couple held for almost eight months on undisclosed charges.Peter Reynolds, 80, and his wife Barbara, 76, were released from prison on Friday after a court hearing and handed over to the United Kingdom‘s special representative to the country, Richard Lindsay. The move followed negotiations led by Qatar.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listForeign Ministry spokesman Abdul Qahar Balkhi said on social media that the couple…

66 Mr Kwame Ntow Amoah, Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), has pledged to strengthen cooperation among Africa’s oil-producing nations after assuming the role of Chairman of the African Petroleum Producers’ Organisation (APPO). His appointment was formalised during a handover ceremony at the seventh APPO National Oil Companies CEOs Meeting held in Accra, where the outgoing Chairman, Mr Bienvenido Nguema Envo of Equatorial Guinea’s national oil company, GEPetrol, officially transferred leadership to him. Speaking after his confirmation, Mr Amoah described the new role as a call to action, stressing that Africa’s oil and gas industry must…

Wearing an adhesive bandage covering a gash on her leg, Jess Hull became the first Australian woman to qualify for a world championship 800m final after powering through her semi-final in Tokyo and setting a new national record.Her time on Friday was only good enough for third place, but given the speed of the race she progressed into Sunday’s final as one of the two fastest qualifiers. And it lowered the national mark set only last month by her team-mate Claudia Hollingsworth, who finished fourth in her semi.Hull said she felt she had been given a “second chance” after her…

Mastodon, the non-profit organization that maintains the software powering the decentralized alternative to social networks like Threads and X, has a new plan to make money. Instead of relying entirely on donations and grants as before, the company announced this morning it will now offer paid hosting, moderation, and support services for organizations that want to join the open social web. That network, also called the fediverse, offers a way for individuals and organizations to set up their own servers that interconnect with others that run the same protocol, ActivityPub. ActivityPub powers a number of different software applications, including Mastodon,…

Veteran Portuguese producer Paulo Branco has begun principal photography on the €4.5 million ($5.3 million) dystopian drama “Aqui,” directed by Tiago Guedes ad shooting in Spain and Portugal. Acclaimed South African and Australian novelist, J.M. Coetzee, winner of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature, sold the rights to his “Jesus” trilogy to Branco, on condition that the film is shot entirely in Spanish. The “Jesus” trilogy, published in the 2010s, explores how the English language is taking over the world and reflects Coetzee’s interest in the Global South and in particular Argentine literature. In the film, child refugee David (played…